1. When did he do that? n/t

10. July, 2011.

According to five separate sources with knowledge of negotiations -- including both Republicans and Democrats -- the president offered an increase in the eligibility age for Medicare, from 65 to 67, in exchange for Republican movement on increasing tax revenues.

The GOP proposal itself revives a host of ideas from failed talks with Obama in the summer of 2011. Then, Obama was willing to discuss politically risky ideas such as raising the eligibility age for Medicare, implementing a new inflation adjustment for Social Security cost-of-living adjustments and requiring wealthier Medicare recipients to pay more for their benefits.

Really, it's time to stop acting like Obama's willingness to cut social programs is a hallucination. He talks the beltway talk about it. Always has. So it not only isn't crazy or mean or rightwingy to keep warning him not to, it is a necessity.

11. Politically, Obama's in a much stronger position now. They missed their chance. n/t

12. I hope he sees it that way. The most recent article I saw

talking about this said that his past offer to raise the eligibility age is undermining current negotiations. Couldn't find that when I went back and looked. But negotiation does work that way. If you've already said you'd give something, it's taken as a given that it's still on the table, somewhere.

This is why Democrats and liberals SHOULD be yelling about this now, rather than simply giving Obama the benefit of the doubt.

He doesn't need our faith. He isn't a deity. He's a politician. He needs public opinion to tell him what to do.

23. Nope. It just needs a working brain and basic reading comprehension skills.

19. I don't think "warning" him is the right approach

He can't run again. So we don't have much leverage as liberal netroots activists. A far better approach is to do what we can to turn public opinion against this and use all of the channels the White House has set up for communication to send respectful emails and comments about why we think this is a bad idea. Especially good are personal stories about how you or someone you know will be effected. I think it's a good idea to add a line about how he can't really want to be remembered as the president who does this. The point is, the message has to come from more than just a bunch of angry bloggers.

What gives me hope is that while he's not as liberal as I want him to be, President Obama is usually sensible and doesn't want to support something that doesn't make sense. And multiple studies have shown recently why this doesn't make sense. Like you said, he doesn't want his legacy to be the president who threw Grandma out in the street. I would like to also believe he genuinely cares about not hurting poor seniors, but that is besides the point.

Remember, in 2011, the Supreme Court had not yet ruled that the states could opt out of the Medicaid expansion. So the president believed that at least the poorest seniors ages 65-67 would have a fallback. Hopefully that, combined with his stronger political position, the studies showing that it won't save much money, and pressure from a broad swath of the American people will be enough to convince him not to do this.

21. They believed that in 2011

Before the Supreme Court ruled that states could opt out. They may not still believe that. But keep up the public pressure...he needs to see how much opposition there is, and not just the usual suspects. We need to get small business owners who would be harmed by this to speak up about how much it would cost their business.

6. LOL !

8. and other things?

Healthcare reform, bin laden, first president to come out in favor of sam sex marriage, repealing dadt, hate crimes act, nuclear arms treaties and etc. Being black will be on there, along with many more thing. Being black isn't the only thing he has done as president.

25. No problem.

I had to say something, I get tired of hearing that all Obama has done was be black in the whitehouse. Republicans love saying it, it is even sadder to hear from democrats. You don't have to support him, but to act as if he's done nothing is foolish. But I suppose I am bias because I support the president.